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If alcohol hits harder after 35, it’s not your imagination, it’s partly to do with your drainage pathways. When you drink alcohol, your body converts it into acetaldehyde, a highly toxic compound that must be processed by the liver, buffered by antioxidants, moved through the lymphatic system, and eliminated through the gut and kidneys. After 35, hormonal shifts, especially declining estrogen will slow bile flow, reduce antioxidant capacity, and make lymphatic drainage less efficient. That means